Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-02-14

has been published in Boston, Mr..
Hildreth getting a commission on its
sale. 1t is eXcellentlv adapted to
the Thespian characters, and was
acted well throughout. The plot and
story is of peculiar interest in this To-
cality, where the people are familiar
with the places where the scenes
were enacted, and have not vet for
gotten the times during the latter
part of the war when substitutes
were hired to 90 into the army-of-
tentimes to skedaddle to Canada on
first opportunity. We congratulate
the ''boys" on their success. They
will repeat the play at Lyndonville,
on the evening of Feb. 23d.
ALBANY
Mrs. T. j. Wallace is sick with
rheumatic fever.
Myron Norris has moved from P.
Bashaw's to the Edwards house.
Rev. and Mrs S. w. Jenne have
been on visit among friends at Troy,
Newport and Holland.
South Albany.
Mrs. NJ. II. Gilman and Mrs. J.
F. Wright are quite sick.
Miss Effie Patterson is home from
Johnson and is not going back again.
Rev. G. W. Ellis preached the
memorial sermon of Rev. j. A. Glib
son last Sabbath.
Elmer Cobb, only son of D. r.
Cobb, died very suddenly Wednesday,
Feb. 9th, aged Is years. He had been
unwel for two or three weeks, but
his sickness was not considered Sc
rious until Tuesday night when he
began to fail rapidly, and died the
next day. He was kind and ODE
dent boy and his death is a severe
blow to his parents and sister. They
have the sympathy of all the COM
munity.
Barton Landing.
Mrs. Orrin Merrill is still in a crit
zeal condition of health.
DR.. Wright and wife were the vic
Tins of runaway accident recently.
The lectures of Louis Banks were
well attended and highly appreciated.
j. H. Brown gives social hop at
Valley House, Saturday evening.
Bigelow's band.
A. F. Brockway and family are
going to California, land Mr.. and Mrs.
G. f. Churchill are going West.
The lecture fund is running rather
low Those interested will have to
90 little deeper down in their peck
cts.
A meeting of the Lecture Associa-
ton will be held at Judge Austin's
office Wednesday evening. 1t is inn
pOrtant that there be a full attend
ance.
John Hammond, a former resident
of this place, writes that he belongs
to the Minnesota NJ. Z. Conference
and is settled over a thriving parish
near Minneapolis
Geo Bush is at Gallup's mill sur
veving lumber this winter. Recently
at that mill log was found which
contained a swarm of bees, dead and
cold, with lots of honey comb, but
no honey.
Geo. Bush don't know who stole
about 80 or 40 pounds of fresh meat
from him nearly two weeks ago, and
thus may treat the thief better in the
future, and think better of him than
he deserves.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Cong. church assisted by others will
give an entertainment, Friday evening
Feb. Is, consisting of songs, Choir
uses, speaking and reading. A gen
eral good time is expected, and every
body is invited
In the lecture on "Tom Hood Mr..
Applebee elegantly portrayed the true
mission of poetry. A deep, original
thinker and a powerful elocutionist,
he convulsed the audience with his
apt representations. He will COM
mand full house whenever he comes
here
The entertainment by the @. a.
r. boys on Thursday was well at
tended, and proved a pleasant affair.
Remarks were made by Comrades
Austin, Mathews and Wheeler, and
an essay was read by Mrs. Geo.
Bush. A bountiful repast was pro-
vided. These things will do to be
repeated.
Bro wilmington
Henry Smith is filling his store
ready for trade.
DR.. W. F. Gilman has purchased a
twenty-acre lot of l.. Grow.
Our town clerk reports 13 birth, 9
marriages, and IL deaths in town dur
ing 1886.
Mrs. Marion Tinkham has been
sick, and Miss Alice Parker took her
place as teacher.
The series of meetings appointed
for this week have been deferred until
Feb.22. Is is expected Revs. Cowell,
Tracy, and Todd will be present to
carry on these meetings.
PRAYER meeting at A. +. DenisOn's